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...international pressure. They are an obnoxious regime, but only a second-level danger to the U.S. The Obama Administration should continue its attempts to engage the Iranians while preparing to contain and deter them if they actually try to build a bomb. It should not revert to the foolish bellicosity of the last Administration. And there is good news: Ahmadinejad assured us that he would not attempt to change Iran's constitution and run for a third term in 2013. That should come as some small relief to the mass of Iranians who yearn to breathe free...
...Josh Charles gives the same speech five times over to break up with different women. The less hideous men, the ones who describe being actually touched by women, like Krasinski and Christopher Meloni (whose bit feels inspired by In the Company of Men) come across as lost and rather foolish boys...
...finance the potential purchase and renovation of a property at 45 Mount Auburn Street seemed particularly unrealistic in a cutthroat economic climate unfavorable to raising capital for any venture. When the university itself is struggling to find donations, attempting to solicit millions of dollars for a student center seems foolish. Now the fallout of failure will begin, and the UC can only blame itself. While its plan may have been well intentioned—improving social space on campus is an important issue—the UC was in over its head and now must accept that its credibility will...
...also underpaid, unmotivated, and generally lack the sort of sentimental attachment that deterred him from stealing from the previously-mentioned gallery. He doubts that many guards would risk injury or death to protect the art within their galleries. “I think there are some that are foolish enough,” Connor says. “I mean, obviously, one pursued me down the steps of the MFA, but it depends on the individual...
...lives of Harvard students. But that doesn’t mean it’s not important. I do find it strange that the school looks to scrimp in such small ways: cutting the breakfast shift, reducing the shuttle schedule, upping the cost on transcripts. Penny-wise, pound-foolish comes to mind...